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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2002
John Andrew Aiken, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Alfred Bundgaard Christensen, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Anthony Herr, Apex, NC (US);
Mark W. Mcclintock, Raleigh, NC (US);
John Andrew Aiken, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Alfred Bundgaard Christensen, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Anthony Herr, Apex, NC (US);
Mark W. McClintock, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Cluster-wide port assignments in a workload distribution system in a cluster of data processing systems are provided such that a unique port may be provided for a socket. Establishing ports associated with workload distribution is also provided by allowing either enumerated ports and/or all ports of a common IP address to be associated with workload distribution. Workload distribution is provided in a cluster of data processing systems where a single IP address may be associated with a plurality of data processing systems and/or protocol stacks in the cluster of data processing systems and a port of the single IP address may be shared among multiple data processing systems and/or protocol stacks or may be unique among the plurality of data processing systems and/or protocol stacks.